Case file · Remote viewing & psi research
Institut Métapsychique International
In 1919, the Institut Métapsychique International was founded in Paris to study mediums and psychic phenomena scientifically; it still exists.
1919 CE · 48.88, 2.30 · status: official
The account
Charles Richet, Nobel laureate, was its honorary president; Gustave Geley tested mediums such as Franek Kluski, making paraffin 'moulds' of materialised hands.
The sceptical view
Many of its star mediums were later caught in fraud or produced effects open to trickery.